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ilmenite definition

il·men·ite (il′mən īt′)

noun

a hard, dark brown or black, rhombohedral mineral, FeTiO, an oxide of iron and titanium

Etymology: Ger ilmenit, after the Ilmen Mts. in the southern Urals + -it, -ite

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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